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ISBN: 978-0-520-27304-7

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The original Arabic edition of this work appeared in Al Karmel, nos. 21–22 (1986): 4–96. Al Karmel is the journal of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists (al-Ittihād al- ‘Āmm li-l-Kuttāb wa al Ṣaḥafiyyīn al-Filasṭīniyyīn).

It is published by Bisan Press (Mu’assasat Bīsān li-l-Ṣaḥāfah wa al-Nashr wa al-Tawzī‘), 4 Churchill Street, P.O. Box 4256, Nicosia, Cyprus. The Arabic title of the work is Dhākirah li-l-nisyān.

Previous edition catalogued as follows:

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Darwīsh, Maḥmūd

[Dhākirah lil-nisyān. English]

Memory for forgetfulness : August, Beirut, 1982 / Mahmoud Darwish; translated, with an introduction by Ibrahim Muhawi.

p.cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-520-08768-2 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Lebanon—History—Israeli intervention, 1982–1984—Personal narratives, Palestinian. 2. Beirut (Lebanon)—History. 3. Darwish, Maḥmūd. I. Muhawi, Ibrahim, 1937–. II. Title.

DS87-53.D365131982

956.9204’4—dc2094-26351

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